U.S.S. Massachusetts – Antique Print
![U.S.S. Massachusetts, [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4a/4a64d4ad04ba-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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U.S.S. Massachusetts comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The battleship *Massachusetts*, named for the Bay State, was one of the Navy's first steel battleships, commissioned in 1896 and best known for its role in the Spanish-American War in 1898. This 8 by 10 inch glass negative, dated somewhere between 1900 and 1910, comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm that photographed American scenery, cities and ships for sale as postcards and travel views. Its survival as a large-format plate gives a sharp record of the warship during the years when the Navy was expanding its fleet and the battleship was becoming a symbol of American power.
| Created / published | [between 1900 and 1910] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | 2632" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034049. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Massachusetts (Battleship : 1896-1920) Battleships--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 791 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-67185 |
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